I may never see tomorrow;
 there's no written guarantee.
And things that happened yesterday
belong to history.

I cannot predict the future,
 I cannot change the past.
I have just the present moment,
I must treat it as my last.

I must use this moment wisely
 for it soon will pass away,
And be lost to me forever
 as part of yesterday.

I must exercise compassion,
help the fallen to their feet,
Be a friend unto the friendless,
 make an empty life complete.

The unkind things I do today
 may never be undone,
And friendships that I fail to win
may nevermore be won.
I may not have another chance
on bended knee to pray,
And thank God with humble
 heart for giving me this day.